Once you've figured out you *don't* like something, what does it matter why someone else does?

Well, because it's an inherently interesting question, or it can be. If I don't like something other people like, odds are decent that there's something about it that I'm not seeing, or not even equipped to see, that the right audience is seeing and responding to. So when someone can explain what they're seeing in a way I can wrap my head around, if only for that moment, it can be an amazing experience, and a tremendous gift. We never can see through each others' eyes, but when someone is able to communicate any part of the meaning of something you just don't get for yourself, there's at least a glimpse of how the world looks to others, and just how wide a world it is outside your own head.

I'd go around asking people why they love things I'm indifferent to all the time, if I didn't know how wearing it can be on everyone in virtual earshot. Hell, it's why I'm here reading this post and these comments: people might tell me interesting things, and hey, I didn't even have to be the one to raise the question!